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...March 2 news briefing in Sydney, Chinalco President Xiong Weiping tried to allay fears. "The transaction will in no way lead to any control of the natural resources of Australia," he said, adding that Rio's corporate strategies and management practices would also remain unchanged. For now at least, blatant anti-Chinese sentiment in Australia appears to be bottled up, and the investment is expected to go through...
...more gung-ho, you or your husband?" Orman asked knowingly. "You had a bottle of wine and got tipsy? Did you go to bed that night and have fun?" Her producers groaned in the control booth...
...qualities that helped eastern Europeans survive more than four decades of communist rule was a keen sense of irony. The sentiment was on show even as the old system of central control began to unravel and democracy and capitalism rushed in. The summer and fall of 1989 were full of passionate protestors and revolutionary honesty. But the millions of people who ripped open the Iron Curtain generally did so with an eyebrow cocked at what was replacing their decayed regimes. In the street markets of Warsaw and Prague in those early years of freedom, the symbols of communism - badges, pins...
...play, and they want to play.” The Crimson also features lefty Ryan Watson and former Ivy League Rookie of the Year Adam Cole, a pair of senior hurlers looking to go out on a positive note after disappointing careers. Both pitchers have been plagued by control issues in their time at Harvard, but seem committed to exorcising their demons in hopes of turning in a redemptive senior campaign. “Every once in a while both those guys will start throwing 55-footers and you’re kind of, ‘Well here...
...another Ivy League title, and no one can believe it. This is a team who was picked second to last in the Ivy League—now it is in second, just one game out of first. After beating Cornell once already this season, the Tigers are in control of its destiny: win out, and win the Ivies. A win tonight sets up a showdown with the Big Red on Saturday for the title. I want...